Ship for aerial navigation



(No Model.)

L. A. BEARDSLEY.

SHIP POR AERIAL NAVIGATION.

. PatentedMar. 2,v 1886.

ATTEST N PETERS. Phnlu-ljlhugmphcr. Washnglnn, D. C.

To all whom, it may concern:

@Imran T'Arns Aralar .LEVI A.-BEARDSLEY, OF DODGE CITY, KANSAS.

SHIP FOR AERIAL NAVIGATION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,984, dated March 2. 1886.

Application filed June 6. 1855. Serial No. IGTJSQQ. (No'model.)

Beit known that I, LEVI A. BEARDsLEY, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Dodge City, county of Ford, State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Ships for Aerial Navigation, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide some imp'prtant improvements in ships for aerial navigation.

The improvements relate, first, io the arrangement of the balloons in reference to each other and in reference to the housing and cabin; and, second, to the means of propulsion which, also, are a means for steering the aerial ship.

The accompanying drawings show clearly the nature of my invention.

Figure l shows a side viewof the propelling mechanism. Fig. 2 gives an end view of the aerial ship and of the propelling mechan-y ism,and Fig.3 gives a general side viewof the aerial ship.

A and A aretwo cigar-shaped balloons covered upon their lower parts by netting made of bamboo or cording, while upon their upper parts thereis no netting, but only the bands B, which pass over the top and support the housing O in any convenient manner, but preferably as shown. By omitting the netting from a part of the balloon the latter may be freer to expand into a spherical shape, and therefore there is less strain upon the material of which the balloon is made. The balloons are arranged side by side in the same horizontal plane, and the housing isbelow this plane and under neither balloon. The propellers D are in a line midway between the balloons, while the motor is in the housing and in its lower part,to insure suitable ballast. One of these propellers only is shown, as they are both identical, so that to represent one in the drawings is equivalent to showing both. Further, I lay no claim tothe use of two propellers.

The propelling mechanism consists of the propeller D upon the end of a shaft, E,

- adapted to be pointed at any angle within the limits of ninety degrees, or thereabout, either in a Vertical or horizontal plane. To this end the whole mechanism, including the motor F, is mounted upon a pivoted platform, G, the pivot being at H. The pivot-joint allows the whole mechanism to rotate in a horizontal plane. The upright shaft I supports the conical gearing-wheel J, which gears into a second conical wheel, K, upon the propeller-shaft. The latter is adapted to rotate upon an independent shalt, L, from that supporting the wheel IJ. The wheel J is connected to the motor through abelt, M.

By standing upon the deck of the aerial ship, the movements of the handle N serve to direct the propellers in any desired direction while they are continually rotating. By pointing them forward on a horizontal line the aerial ship is propelled. By inclining them upward the aerial ship is not only propelled, but is raised higher. By pointing them downward the aerial ship islowered. Bypointing one or both the propellers laterally the ship is 7o steered more or less according tothe angle and according to whether both or one is inclined.

lVhat I claim isl. In a ship for aerial navigation, two cigarshaped balloons, both arranged in the Same 7 5 horizontal plane and connected together, substantially as described, in combination with a propeller, mechanism for operating said propeller, and a motor for operating said mechanism, said propeller,said mechanism, and said motor being mounted upon a pivoted support, substantially-as described.

2. In a ship foraerial navigation, two cigarshaped balloonsarrangedinthesamehorizontal plane, connected together bya suitable framework, and ahousing for containing passengers, and motors supported from said frame-work, substantially as described, in combination with a propeller, mechanism for operating said propeller, and a motor for operating said mechan,ism,said propeller, said mechanism, and said motor being mounted uponapivoted support, substantially as described.

3. In a ship for aerial navigation, a propeller mounted upon a shaft' adjustable between the limits of zero and ninety degrees, or'thereabout, in two planes at right angles to each other,- substantially as described, in combiiia tion with the shaft E, supporting said propeller, with the gear-wheel K upon said propellershaft, with the gear-wheel J, gearing into the said gear-wheel K, with the auxiliary shaft L, supporting the said propeller-shaft E, with the pillar I,supporting the abovementioned parts,

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and with therotatable platform supporting the said pillar I, and the motor F, substantially as set forth.

4. In a ship for aerial navigatioma propeller mounted upon a shaft adjustable between the limits of zero and ninety degrees, or thereabout, in a horizontal plane, substantially as described, in combination with the shaft E, supporting said propeller, with the gear-wheel K upon said propeller-shaft, with the gearwheel J, gearing into the said gear-Wheel K, With the auxiliary shaft L, supporting the said propeller-shaft E, with the pillar I, supporting the above-mentioned parts, and with the rotatable platform supporting,` the said pillar I, and the motor F, substantially as set forth.

5. In aship for aerial navigation, a propeller mounted upon a shaft adjustable Within the limits of 'zero and ninety degrees, or there-y about, in a vertical plane, substantially as described, in combination with the shalt E, supporting said propeller, with the gearwheel K upon said propeller-shaft, with the gear-wheel J, gearing into the said gear-Wheel K, Withk the auxiliary shaft L, supporting the said pro- 25 peller shaft E, with the pillar I, supporting the above-mentioned parts, and with the rotatable platform supporting the said pillar I, and the motor F, substantially as set forth.

6. In an aerialship,apropeller,its propelling 3o mechanism, and a motor, all mounted upon a pivoted support, substantially as described.

7. In an aerial ship, the propeller D, the shaft E, supporting said propeller, the gear-wh eel vK upon said propeller-shaft, the gearwvheel J, gearing into said gear-wheel K, the auxiliary shaft L, supporting` the said propeller-shaft E, the pillar I, supporting the above-mentioned parts, and the rotatable platform supporting the said pillar I, and the motor F, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingl as my invention I have signed my name, in presence oftwo witnesses, this 2d day of June. 1885.

LEVI A. BEARDSLEY.

Witnesses:

EDWARD P. THoMPsoN, PETER B. VERMILYA. 

